The Cycle, Vol 2, No 1
Articles in this issue
- p. 4
At Crawfordsville, Indiana, on 24 September 1886, Stillman G. Whittaker rode without a pacemaker on a 50-mile surveyed road under A.C.U. rules, covering 50 miles in 2 hours 55 minutes 46.5 seconds — beating George Weber's American record by over 11 minutes and Golder's English record by over 9 minutes — and 100 miles in 6 hours 43 minutes 59 seconds, knocking McCurdy's record by over an hour, on a 57-inch American Champion built solely for road riding.
- p. 3
Wm. Read and Sons continue to publicise the Royal Mail with Trigwell's Ball-Bearing Head, citing Furnivall, the L.B.C. honorary secretary, Harry Jones (8,241 miles last year), and C.T.C. secretary Shipton, with the ball head requiring lubrication no more than once every thousand miles.
- p. 4
Gormully and Jeffery announce their 50-page illustrated catalogue of the American Champion, Challenge, Safety, and Ideal cycles — all constructed for American roads — available free from their factory at 222-228 North Franklin Street, Chicago.
- p. 2
Freeman Lillibrige of Rockford advertises the only saddle adjustable in front height, rear height, length, and width, with a comfortable coasting plate and bifurcated seat, nickel-plated at $5.00.
- p. 2
The Cycle office sells J. G. Dalton's enlarged second edition of cycling verse, 160 pages elegantly bound, described as the standard and only book of thoroughgoing cycling verse and comparable to the first-rate poets.